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Tao Chen is affiliated with the Air Force Medical University in China and actively contributes to research in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields, with significant focuses on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Neurology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers a variety of specialized topics, including:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

Tao Chen has published extensively in several academic journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Molecular Brain
  • eLife
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
  • Research Square

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Tao Chen are:

  • "Oxytocin in the anterior cingulate cortex attenuates neuropathic pain and emotional anxiety by inhibiting presynaptic long-term potentiation" (2021, Cell Reports)
  • "Photoreceptor protection by mesenchymal stem cell transplantation identifies exosomal MiR-21 as a therapeutic for retinal degeneration" (2020, Cell Death and Differentiation)
  • "Glutamatergic synapses from the insular cortex to the basolateral amygdala encode observational pain" (2022, Neuron)
  • "dmPFC-vlPAG projection neurons contribute to pain threshold maintenance and antianxiety behaviors" (2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation)
  • "Fear learning induces α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated astrocytic responsiveness that is required for memory persistence" (2021, Nature Neuroscience)

Frequent collaborators in Tao Chen's research include:

  • Yun-Qing Li
  • Mingming Zhang
  • Junxiang Gu
  • Pan Wang
  • Xin-Tong Qiu

Best Publications

  • Clinical and immunological features of severe and moderate coronavirus disease 2019.

    Guang Chen;Di Wu;Wei Guo;Yong Cao

  • Clinical characteristics of 113 deceased patients with coronavirus disease 2019: retrospective study.

    Tao Chen;Di Wu;Huilong Chen;Weiming Yan

  • Sleep deprivation impairs cAMP signalling in the hippocampus

    Christopher G. Vecsey;George S. Baillie;Devan Jaganath;Robbert Havekes

  • Alleviating Neuropathic Pain Hypersensitivity by Inhibiting PKMζ in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

    Xiang-Yao Li;Xiang-Yao Li;Hyoung-Gon Ko;Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Giannina Descalzi

  • Coexistence of Two Forms of LTP in ACC Provides a Synaptic Mechanism for the Interactions between Anxiety and Chronic Pain

    Kohei Koga;Giannina Descalzi;Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Hyoung Gon Ko

  • Acute liver failure: mechanisms of immune-mediated liver injury.

    Zeguang Wu;Meifang Han;Tao Chen;Weiming Yan

  • Top-down descending facilitation of spinal sensory excitatory transmission from the anterior cingulate cortex

    Tao Chen;Wataru Taniguchi;Qi Yu Chen;Hidetoshi Tozaki-Saitoh

  • Microglia Are Indispensable for Synaptic Plasticity in the Spinal Dorsal Horn and Chronic Pain

    Li Jun Zhou;Li Jun Zhou;Jiyun Peng;Jiyun Peng;Ya Nan Xu;Wei Jie Zeng

  • Long-term microstructure and cerebral blood flow changes in patients recovered from COVID-19 without neurological manifestations.

    Yuanyuan Qin;Jinfeng Wu;Tao Chen;Jia Li

  • Identification of an adenylyl cyclase inhibitor for treating neuropathic and inflammatory pain

    Hansen Wang;Hui Xu;Long Jun Wu;Susan S. Kim

  • Sirt3 confers protection against neuronal ischemia by inducing autophagy: Involvement of the AMPK-mTOR pathway.

    Shu-Hui Dai;Tao Chen;Xia Li;Kang-Yi Yue

  • Neuronal and microglial mechanisms for neuropathic pain in the spinal dorsal horn and anterior cingulate cortex.

    Makoto Tsuda;Kohei Koga;Kohei Koga;Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Min Zhuo;Min Zhuo

  • Glutamatergic synapses from the insular cortex to the basolateral amygdala encode observational pain

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  • Oxytocin in the anterior cingulate cortex attenuates neuropathic pain and emotional anxiety by inhibiting presynaptic long-term potentiation.

    Xu-Hui Li;Xu-Hui Li;Takanori Matsuura;Man Xue;Qi-Yu Chen

  • Sirt1-Sirt3 axis regulates human blood-brain barrier permeability in response to ischemia.

    Tao Chen;Shu-Hui Dai;Xia Li;Peng Luo

  • An Increase in Synaptic NMDA Receptors in the Insular Cortex Contributes to Neuropathic Pain

    Shuang Qiu;Tao Chen;Kohei Koga;Yan-yan Guo;Yan-yan Guo

  • Salvianolic acid B attenuates brain damage and inflammation after traumatic brain injury in mice

    Unknown

  • Effects of Elevation of Brain Magnesium on Fear Conditioning, Fear Extinction, and Synaptic Plasticity in the Infralimbic Prefrontal Cortex and Lateral Amygdala

    Nashat Abumaria;Bin Yin;Ling Zhang;Xiang-Yao Li

  • Crocin Inhibits Oxidative Stress and Pro-inflammatory Response of Microglial Cells Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy Through the Activation of PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway.

    Xinguang Yang;Fuquan Huo;Bei Liu;Jing Liu

  • Sirt3 Protects Cortical Neurons against Oxidative Stress via Regulating Mitochondrial Ca2+ and Mitochondrial Biogenesis

    Shu-Hui Dai;Tao Chen;Yu-Hai Wang;Jie Zhu

  • An epidermal sEMG tattoo-like patch as a new human-machine interface for patients with loss of voice

    Huicong Liu;Wei Dong;Yunfei Li;Fanqi Li

  • Postsynaptic potentiation of corticospinal projecting neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex after nerve injury

    Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Kohei Koga;Kohei Koga;Giannina Descalzi;Shuang Qiu;Shuang Qiu

  • Down-regulation of Homer1b/c attenuates glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity through endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria pathways in rat cortical neurons

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  • dmPFC-vlPAG projection neurons contribute to pain threshold maintenance and antianxiety behaviors

    Jun-Bin Yin;Shao-Hua Liang;Shao-Hua Liang;Fei Li;Wen-Jun Zhao

  • Effects of NB001 and gabapentin on irritable bowel syndrome-induced behavioral anxiety and spontaneous pain

    Ming-Ming Zhang;Ming-Ming Zhang;Shui-bing Liu;Shui-bing Liu;Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Kohei Koga;Kohei Koga

  • Fragile X mental retardation protein is required for chemically‐induced long‐term potentiation of the hippocampus in adult mice

    Yuze Shang;Hansen Wang;Valentina Mercaldo;Xiangyao Li

  • Interplay of amygdala and cingulate plasticity in emotional fear.

    Hiroki Toyoda;Xiang Yao Li;Long Jun Wu;Ming Gao Zhao;Ming Gao Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Min Zhuo
Min Zhuo University of Toronto
Bong-Kiun Kaang
Bong-Kiun Kaang Seoul National University
Long-Jun Wu
Long-Jun Wu Mayo Clinic
Graham L. Collingridge
Graham L. Collingridge Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Richard L. Huganir
Richard L. Huganir Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ai Qun Liu
Ai Qun Liu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Cheng-Wei Qiu
Cheng-Wei Qiu National University of Singapore
Hiroki Toyoda
Hiroki Toyoda Osaka University
Din Ping Tsai
Din Ping Tsai City University of Hong Kong
Bo Liedberg
Bo Liedberg Nanyang Technological University

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